Dementia is now the biggest cause of death in Australia, with the latest data estimating the number of Australians suffering from it will increase 2.5 fold over the next 40 years.

More than 433,000 Australians are believed to be living with dementia and this has been predicted to grow to more than one million by 2065 according to new forecasts released this week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

It comes after the institute published data last year that WA was on track to see the highest growth in people with dementia in the country.

Nearly two-thirds of Australians with dementia are women.

And there is no cure for this devastating disease.

But this public health crisis is not hopeless or without remedy.

Associate Professor Stephanie Rainey-Smith, from the Perth-ba

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